Contessa Gayles

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Contessa is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist, and an Emmy-nominated producer. She tells stories about identity, socio-political movement, healing, liberation, and radical imagination, with a focus on race and gender.

Film	Credit
The Debutantes2024 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Songs from the Hole2024 · Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
Founder Girls2023 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
For Our Children2022 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Feminist on Cellblock Y2018 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography